Cabinet for talking-machines.



F. A. BENNETT.

CABINET FOR TALKING MACHINES.

APPLICATION FILED DEC. h 1915.

Patented Sept; 11, 1917.

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UNITED STATES PATENT oEF oE.

FRED A. DENNETT, OF PORT WASHINGTON, WISCONSIN, ASSIGNOB '10 W ISCONIN CHAIR COMPANY, 0]? PORT WASHINGTON, WISCONSIN.

CABIIiET FOR TALKING-MACHINES.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Sept. 11, 1917.

Application filed December 1, 1915. SerialNo. 64,401.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRED A. DENNETT, a citizen of the United States, and resident of Port Washington, in the county of Ozaukee and State of Wisconsin, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Cabinets for Talking-Machines;and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof.

My invention refers to talking machine cabinets, and it has for its object'to provide a cabinet of his character wherein a chamber adapted for use as a sound amplifier is so constructed andarranged that parts of said chamber are formed by the cabinet elements.

Another object of my invention is to 'so construct the cabinet as to provide a compartment for storing suitable records, which features are constructed with a view tosimplifying the manufacture and cost of production.

Reference is had to the accompanying drawings wherein similar characters of reference designates corresponding parts throughout the several views and in which:

Figure 1 is a vertical sectional View on the line 11 of Fig. 2.

Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view on the line 22 of Fig. 1'. v v

Fig. 3 is a sectional view taken on the line 3 -3 of Fig. 1 through the lower horn portion.

Referring now more particularly to the accompanying drawings, 5 designates the corner uprights of the cabinet body of the machine, 6 designates the side panels, 7 designates the back panel, and 8 designates the hingedcover which is adapted to inclose the playing compartment A, this compartment being divided from the major portion of the cabinet by a top partition 9 which carries the turn-table 1O driven by the spring motor 11 carried under the compartment. The usual sound box 12 is provided on a movable tube arm 13, which is angular in shape and is connected to the sleeve 14 at the central portion of the back of the partition. Disposed across the cabinet slightly below its middle is a lower partition 15 dividing-the major portions of the cabinet into a record storage compartment B, and a horn chamber C, disposed therebelow, the compartment B being closed by a door 16 and the front of the chamber 0 being shown as open,

' though it may be closed by a grille or other foraminous structure in a conventional manner.

As shown, the upper and lower partitions 9, 15 are apertured in juxtaposition to the.

back panel 7 of the cabinet and these apertures are connected by a series of plates which, in conjunctionwith the back panel 7 form a vertically disposed throat chamber.

A continuation or mouth portion of the chamber 19 is formed by the plates 17, 18 which lates are adapted to abut the back panel i to form a horizontally dis osed mouth section of the .chamber 19, it 'eing 'understood thatthe side plate 18 also abut the lower face of the partition 15. Hence,

it will be seen that the vertical and horizontal sections of the panel together are adapted to be used as an amplifier and that they are.

so arrangedin conjunction with the cabinet partitions and panels that said parts are utilized to complete the structure. In brief, the amplifier panels just described are an integral part of the" cabinet, parts of which cabinet are utilized to form sound chamber.

Furthermore, .by constructing a talking machine cabinet in the manner juStdescribed, -it will be manifest that all metal parts are dispensed with,-and' the built-in horn'chamber being preferably composed of wood panels will tend to soften the tone to the desired degree. 1

I claim:

A cabinet for talking machines comprising back and side panels,up per and lower parparts of the titions spaced apart to form a compartment,

the partitions being apertured in uxtaposition to the cabinet back panel, a series of plates connecting the partition apertures and associated with the cabinet back panel to form a vertically disposed throat chamber, a

and a second series of plates associatedwith the lower partition and the aforesaid 'c'abinet back panelto form a horizontal continuation of the, throat chamber, the saidchamber being adaptedfor use as an amplifier. I

In testimony that Iclaim the foregoing I have hereunto setm'y'hand at Port Washington, in the county. of Ozaukee and State of Wisconsin- FRED A. DENNETT. 

